Bessemer Group Inc. Boosts Holdings in Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF)

Bessemer Group Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF) by 8.4% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 88,768 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,899 shares during the quarter. Bessemer Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Extended Market ETF were worth $16,864,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of VXF. US Bancorp DE boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,149,597 shares of the company’s stock valued at $218,402,000 after acquiring an additional 16,043 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 8.8% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 943,069 shares of the company’s stock valued at $179,164,000 after purchasing an additional 76,633 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 27.4% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 931,632 shares of the company’s stock worth $176,991,000 after purchasing an additional 200,455 shares during the last quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 2.3% during the fourth quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 779,659 shares of the company’s stock worth $148,120,000 after buying an additional 17,871 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 20.0% in the fourth quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 761,649 shares of the company’s stock valued at $144,693,000 after buying an additional 127,056 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VXF opened at $158.20 on Friday. Vanguard Extended Market ETF has a 1 year low of $146.68 and a 1 year high of $207.77. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $181.01 and its 200 day simple moving average is $188.95. The company has a market capitalization of $93.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.73 and a beta of 1.19.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th were paid a dividend of $0.6125 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 25th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Extended Market ETF’s previous dividend of $0.55.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Extended Market ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Extended Market Stock Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Standard & Poor’s Completion Index (the Index), a diversified index of stocks of small and medium-sized United States companies.